Memphis City Schools to sign pact for $90 million from Gates Foundation » The Commercial Appeal:
"The city school board is expected to sign an agreement today with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will funnel more than $90 million to Memphis for a plan to change how teachers are hired, placed, evaluated and retained.
The Gates Foundation will confirm the winners of its education grants in a teleconference Thursday morning.
The Memphis school district is one of the school systems in four cities expecting approval.
Boards of education in Hillsborough County, Fla. (Tampa); Pittsburgh; and a consortium of charter schools in Los Angeles signed agreements with the foundation this week. The Memphis Board of Education has scheduled a meeting for 4:30 p.m. today to vote on a contract."
"The city school board is expected to sign an agreement today with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will funnel more than $90 million to Memphis for a plan to change how teachers are hired, placed, evaluated and retained.
The Gates Foundation will confirm the winners of its education grants in a teleconference Thursday morning.
The Memphis school district is one of the school systems in four cities expecting approval.
Boards of education in Hillsborough County, Fla. (Tampa); Pittsburgh; and a consortium of charter schools in Los Angeles signed agreements with the foundation this week. The Memphis Board of Education has scheduled a meeting for 4:30 p.m. today to vote on a contract."
